Chapter 10
"Willow, it's been forever since Buffy left," Dawn said worried about her big sis. "Maybe we should go out and look for her," Dawn asked looking hopefully the recovering magic addict.
"Dawnie, we need to stay here. You have school tomorrow. It's late; you should go to bed. You don't want Buffy to be upset at you for being late to school again."
Dawn was about to protest when she suddenly had an idea and changed her mind. "All right, I'm going. But I'm not happy about it!" she pouted and ran upstairs. But instead of going to her room, she went into Buffy's room, climbed out the window, down the tree, and ran toward Spike's home.
"She went upstairs way to easily," Willow said aloud. She quickly ran up the stairs to Dawn's room. "Dawnie, are you asleep all ready?" --Highly unlikely!-- she thought. When there was no answer she pushed the door open. When she saw the empty bed she ran into Buffy's room. She saw the open window and cursed. "Shit! Buffy is gonna kill me!" Willow went to the phone and called Tara.
"What's wrong Willow?" Tara asked, concern in her voice.
"Buffy's been gone for hours and Dawn just ran off to go find her. I'm really worried. Something's very wrong! I can feel it."
"Me too, Will. Do you want me to go look for her?" she asked.
"No, I'll go get her. But could you come over. In case Buffy comes home, I don't want her to worry."
"Sure Will. I'll be right there." Tara hung up the phone, grabbed her keys, and jumped in her car. The closer she got to Buffy's the more worried she got.
Willow paced the door, impatiently waiting for her ex-lover to get there. She had to find Dawn before something terrible happened to her.
--------- ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------
"Spike!" Buffy yelled as the raced down the street toward her house.
"Yea, luv?" he called back.
"Why are we going to my house? Lexa won't be there. Hell, she doesn't even know where I live." Buffy paused for a moment. "Unless, 'someone' told her."
He stopped walking a turned around. "Buffy, I'm hurt! Do you honestly think that I would tell my idiot childe where you and the Nibblet live? I would never put her life in danger. I gave you my word and I'll never go back on it. You should know that, especially after Glory, and the whole thing that we went through tonight. You finally said that you trust me."
He stopped talking and started back down the road. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Spike," Buffy began, turning him around so she could look at him. "I'm sorry. I do trust you! And I'm sorry I haven't told you the truth before, but I was scared. And I wigged out just now because I'm really scared, scared that something's gonna happen to Dawn; and this time I might not be able to save her." She didn't start to cry, but instead locked the tears inside her.
Spike reached up and put his hand on her cheek. "Buffy, we'll get to Dawn before Lexa does, and when I find Lexa, I'll dust her myself."
Buffy looked at him, not believing that he could kill his own childe, but could tell by the looked on his face that he was very serious, that when the time can, he would kill her. It reminded her of when Angel killed Darla to save her. That was one of the events that made her fall in love with him, that he was willing to kill his family for her. But for some reason Spike killing Lexa meant more to her than Angel dusting Darla. Suddenly she realized why. It's because he loves without a soul "His love is his soul!"
"Glad you finally noticed," Spike said with a chuckle, knowing that she hadn't meant to be heard. But before she could respond he said, "Come on Slayer. Let's go save baby sis. We'll talk later, before and after an intense shagging session."
Buffy glared at him as he quickly covered the rest of the distance to her house, wondering how, with everything that had just happened, she couldn't wait to have their "talk."
"Willow, it's been forever since Buffy left," Dawn said worried about her big sis. "Maybe we should go out and look for her," Dawn asked looking hopefully the recovering magic addict.
"Dawnie, we need to stay here. You have school tomorrow. It's late; you should go to bed. You don't want Buffy to be upset at you for being late to school again."
Dawn was about to protest when she suddenly had an idea and changed her mind. "All right, I'm going. But I'm not happy about it!" she pouted and ran upstairs. But instead of going to her room, she went into Buffy's room, climbed out the window, down the tree, and ran toward Spike's home.
"She went upstairs way to easily," Willow said aloud. She quickly ran up the stairs to Dawn's room. "Dawnie, are you asleep all ready?" --Highly unlikely!-- she thought. When there was no answer she pushed the door open. When she saw the empty bed she ran into Buffy's room. She saw the open window and cursed. "Shit! Buffy is gonna kill me!" Willow went to the phone and called Tara.
"What's wrong Willow?" Tara asked, concern in her voice.
"Buffy's been gone for hours and Dawn just ran off to go find her. I'm really worried. Something's very wrong! I can feel it."
"Me too, Will. Do you want me to go look for her?" she asked.
"No, I'll go get her. But could you come over. In case Buffy comes home, I don't want her to worry."
"Sure Will. I'll be right there." Tara hung up the phone, grabbed her keys, and jumped in her car. The closer she got to Buffy's the more worried she got.
Willow paced the door, impatiently waiting for her ex-lover to get there. She had to find Dawn before something terrible happened to her.
--------- ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------
"Spike!" Buffy yelled as the raced down the street toward her house.
"Yea, luv?" he called back.
"Why are we going to my house? Lexa won't be there. Hell, she doesn't even know where I live." Buffy paused for a moment. "Unless, 'someone' told her."
He stopped walking a turned around. "Buffy, I'm hurt! Do you honestly think that I would tell my idiot childe where you and the Nibblet live? I would never put her life in danger. I gave you my word and I'll never go back on it. You should know that, especially after Glory, and the whole thing that we went through tonight. You finally said that you trust me."
He stopped talking and started back down the road. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Spike," Buffy began, turning him around so she could look at him. "I'm sorry. I do trust you! And I'm sorry I haven't told you the truth before, but I was scared. And I wigged out just now because I'm really scared, scared that something's gonna happen to Dawn; and this time I might not be able to save her." She didn't start to cry, but instead locked the tears inside her.
Spike reached up and put his hand on her cheek. "Buffy, we'll get to Dawn before Lexa does, and when I find Lexa, I'll dust her myself."
Buffy looked at him, not believing that he could kill his own childe, but could tell by the looked on his face that he was very serious, that when the time can, he would kill her. It reminded her of when Angel killed Darla to save her. That was one of the events that made her fall in love with him, that he was willing to kill his family for her. But for some reason Spike killing Lexa meant more to her than Angel dusting Darla. Suddenly she realized why. It's because he loves without a soul "His love is his soul!"
"Glad you finally noticed," Spike said with a chuckle, knowing that she hadn't meant to be heard. But before she could respond he said, "Come on Slayer. Let's go save baby sis. We'll talk later, before and after an intense shagging session."
Buffy glared at him as he quickly covered the rest of the distance to her house, wondering how, with everything that had just happened, she couldn't wait to have their "talk."